COMPLETED:
1990

PROJECT AREA:
127,500 S.F.

Hancock Health Regional Life Center

ARTEKNA was hired to design a new addition including a new entry lobby, dining facilities, education center, physical therapy, a new 10 operating room surgery suite, a new OB/GYN nursing unit, a new medical/surgical nursing unit, laboratory, business offices, and administrative offices. During the site design stage, the parking lot was expanded, retaining all existing trees on the site.

A new entry lobby was created between the existing hospital and the new addition. The lobby was skylit from above and includes reception, registration, dining facilities, gift shop, outpatient surgery waiting, and an open stair to the education facilities on the lower level. Public elevators connect the lobby to all patient floors of the new and existing hospital. The use of natural light, creative universal private patient rooms, and a sterile core concept for surgery are just a few examples of creative solutions for complex opportunities.